Friday chemical safety round up
I’ll be in Yolo County again today for the end of former University of California, Davis, chemist David Snyder’s preliminary hearing on explosives and firearms charges. Watch Twitter for updates and...
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Chemical health and safety news from the past few weeks: Court watch On Nov. 20, UCLA chemistry professor Patrick Harran had a status check with the judge regarding felony charges of labor code...
View ArticlePeople v Patrick Harran continues
University of California, Los Angeles, chemistry professor Patrick Harran had another court status check today. The result is another status check scheduled for March 19. The continued delay in...
View ArticleProsecuting companies rather than executives for wrongdoing
The last couple of weeks have been alarming ones for U.S. industrial accidents. Aside from the chemical spill and subsequent drinking water disaster in West Virginia, “Two people died and 10 were...
View ArticlePeople v Patrick Harran update
University of California, Los Angeles, chemistry professor Patrick Harran had another trial court status check last week. The result is another status check scheduled for June 5. Harran faces trial on...
View ArticlePeople v Patrick Harran: Opposition to the appellate court petition
New arguments were filed this week in a California appellate court regarding the case against University of California, Los Angeles, chemistry professor Patrick Harran. Harran faces trial on four...
View ArticlePatrick Harran and district attorney reach deal in #SheriSangji case
From C&EN’s story: A Los Angeles County judge approved today an agreement between the district attorney’s office and University of California, Los Angeles, chemistry professor Patrick G. Harran to...
View ArticleReactions to the Patrick Harran settlement in the #SheriSangji case
[View the story "Reactions to Patrick Harran Settlement Agreement in #SheriSangji case" on Storify] Related Posts:Los Angeles district attorney comments on Harran settlement…Next hearing for Patrick...
View ArticleMyths of the #SheriSangji case
From Twitter yesterday on Sunday, after I shared the link (yet again) to my 2009 story about the circumstances surrounding the fire in a University of California, Los Angeles, chemistry lab that led to...
View ArticleLos Angeles district attorney comments on Harran settlement in #SheriSangji case
Michael Torrice and I have another story up today on the terms of the settlement agreement between University of California, Los Angeles, chemistry professor Patrick Harran and the Los Angeles County...
View ArticleAcademic lab safety: One chemist’s observations
Contributed by Brenna Arlyce Brown, who received her PhD in chemistry in 2013 and is currently working in business development for a research funding organization. She is working on setting up a safety...
View ArticleJudge says Harran complying with prosecution agreement in #SheriSangji case
Post written by Michael Torrice Attorneys for University of California, Los Angeles, chemistry professor Patrick Harran were in court today for a status check on the chemist’s compliance with an...
View ArticleHarran still complying with proescution agreement in #SheriSangji case
Patrick Harran has a court date today to check in with a judge regarding his agreement with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. Harran was to pay a fine and complete community service in...
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UCLA professor Patrick Harran elected as a AAAS fellow
Sangji was using a plastic syringe to transfer tert-butyllithium when the plunger came out of the barrel and the reagent caught fire. Credit: UCLAAmong the people elected as fellows of the American...
View ArticleAAAS may reconsider election of Patrick Harran as a fellow
In a press release yesterday, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) announced that the association’s chemistry section has asked the association’s governing council to...
View ArticleAAAS rescinds election of Patrick Harran as a fellow
Yesterday, the American Association for the Advancement of Science announced that it would rescind its election of University of California, Los Angeles, chemistry professor Patrick Harran as a AAAS...
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